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Bracing for the storm

January 8, 2007

A model borrowed from engineering may help save coral reefs

News from the world of maths: Science in School - the best in science teaching and research

December 27, 2006

THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES

December 18, 2006

Solve the mysteries of mathematics at the RI Christmas Lectures

News from the world of maths: BETT 2007 - come and say hello to the Plus team!

December 8, 2006

Split reflections

December 8, 2006

A new liquid breaks the laws of physics

Galileo's football shirt

December 1, 2006

Intelligent sportswear

News from the world of maths: Stats goes independent

November 30, 2006

News from the world of maths: Mathematical moments - Taking chances with De Moivre

November 23, 2006

Maths in a minute

Want facts and want them fast? Our Maths in a minute series explores key mathematical concepts in just a few words.

Happy birthday to the Isaac Newton Institute!

The Institute is celebrating 25 years of bringing researchers together!
Going for gold in London

To join in the excitement of the world athletics championships, we bring you some articles, a puzzle, and a little something on infectious diseases.
Outer space: Archimedean ice cream cones

What shape of cone maximises the ice cream to wafer ratio?
The formula that plots (almost) everything

Hold onto your logic hats! In this article we're going to explore one of the most amazing formulas in maths!
Stuff Happens: Ordering history in computer science

Our digital lives rely on distributed computer systems, such as the internet, but understanding the order of events in such systems is not always straightforward. Leslie Lamport explains how special relativity helped him order events in computer science, enabling the development of distributed computing.

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